Rockstar Vice President, Dan Houser let UK magazine, PSM3 in on one of GTA IV's defining moments. He goes on to explain how the game mixes perfect unique timing to scripted precision to create some brilliant special moments during the game. Here's one of Dan's favourites:
“There are so many defining moments, but a recent one was during a police chase”, reveals Dan, “A song I love came on one of the radio stations while I had two cop cars chasing me through chinatown. I was speeding along when another cop car I hadn’t seen rammed me straight on, our cars crunched together, and I was sent flying through the windshield. I ducked into cover and could still hear the song playing from my smashed-up car. Then the cops opened fire, but one of them hit a pedestrian who pulled out his gun and started shooting. The next thing I know, there was a full-scale war going on between a random gang and the cops. Within a few seconds all the cops were dead and the gang members walked away. I got hold of another car and quietly drove out of the search area to lose my wanted level.”
Sweet! But that's not the only defining moment for Dan in GTA IV, he let PSM3 in with one last secret:
"Well, that, or the bit in the game when Niko's past catches up with him and he must figure out what to do... but I don't want to spoil the surprise".
Sounds brilliant. I love how the game's engine can create very unique moments like that and it just proves how much better this is than the past Grand Theft Auto's. Can't wait for the 29th!
Now we may be wrong to think this, but considering the release months are only October and April according to the history, could the April release of Grand Theft Auto 4 of been due to them wanting to keep true to the past releases? Missing October was a major let down, not just because we wanted to play the game so badly, but because October is 'the month' for GTA releases. April is the only other month to have been graced by it's presence, and I'm willing to bet the GTA4 April release was to keep faithful to that. Don't quote me on that though, I'll deny ever saying it...
Grand Theft Auto IV fansite GTA4 HQ has put together a terrific unofficial fansite kit for webmasters and soon-to-be webmasters of Grand Theft Auto websites and/or IV websites individually. The packages includes images, artwork, a website templated and much more. Being a webmaster myself I know just how hard it is to keep track of all this media and information, for a game of IV's magnitude media is fast and sometimes sneaky. The package should be a great help to anyone starting out or anyone wishing to insure they have everything required to keep their readers up-to-date and in-the-know.
We have put together a zip of goodies for you to look at, which include:
- Comparision Shots
- Wallpapers
- Official Images
- Fact Sheet
- Website Template
The zip is just under 77mb. If your a dial up user, we have broken the fan kit down for you, click this link for individual downloads! Below are some screen shots of the website template!
PS3Focus has posted what they think are three tracks that are going to be in Grand Theft Auto IV. Two of the three tracks are from the new videos released via the official site update. The other track was mentioned by a magazine that previewed Grand Theft Auto IV.
1. Angel y Khris - Ven Bailalo (Manny Escuela Video)
2. Sergej Shnurov - Nikogo ne Zhalko (Vlad Glebov Video)
3. R. Kelly - Bump 'n' Grind (PSM3 magazine)
Update: We neglected to bring you some of the additional information in this article, most probably due to it being mere speculation, however I'm sure it will interest you all the same.
PS3Focus suggests also that from various leaked sources, were guessing message boards possibly or blogs (so nothing official obviously) that these songs may make an appearence in the games score:
UNKLE (feat. Josh Homme) - Restless
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Res - They Say Vision
Raheem Devaughn - You
Junior Kickstart - The Go!
VHS or Beta - Burn It All Down
Humble Pie - Cocaine
Fat Joe - Shit Is Real
MOP - How About Some Hardcore
MOP - Downtown Swinger
Queen - One Vision
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Also, if your interested in reading the article you can see it translated via Google or below:
With the arrival of the new GTA IV Internet site the game is entirely in the news. On the Internet site a page Music appears, only these are soon just revealed. The following numbers have nevertheless been confessed already:
1. Sting y Khris - ven Bailalo (Manny Escuela video)
2. Nikogo ne zhalko (Vlad Glebov video)
3. R kelly - bump ' n ' gravel (state mentioned in PSM3 the magazine)
4. Seryoga - KingRing (GTA IV: Move Up, Ladies trailer)
5. The Boggs - poor poor (GTA IV: trailer 2)The following numbers are probably also present in the game. This state only in several leaked information, it not yet has been therefore confessed officially!
UNKLE (feat. Josh Homme) - Restless
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Res - They Say Vision
Raheem Devaughn - You
Junior Kickstart - The Go! Team
VHS or Beta - Burn It All down one
Humble Pie - Cocaine
Fat Joe - shit is Real
JOKE - How About Some Hardcore
JOKE - Downtown Swinger
Queen - One Vision
Ne-Yo - Because or You
Thanks goes to PS3Focus for the heads up!
One of Rockstar's popular traditions is the way they always hold a contest or two before the release of an upcoming game. Grand Theft Auto IV is no exception, do you remember the t-shirt Rockstar sent out to webmasters the other day? Well Rockstar have 50 of these exclusive t-shirts printed and are giving these away to lucky US residents.
Interested? Hell, we know you are! Check out the details and go into the competition via the contest page. Best of luck to ya and see you at the game!
Microsoft believe they own Grand Theft Auto IV already, from a content prospective, Microsoft Game Studios boss Shane Kim stated:
“We already own it, I believe, from a content standpoint, because we have the exclusive episodes,” he said. “And so Xbox 360 is still going to have the ultimate experience for GTA IV.”
“Even though we’ve managed to do a good job in terms of getting the game day and date, people still, if you just let things roll, will associate Grand Theft Auto as a PlayStation franchise. Which means that we have to work really hard to make people understand that no, it’s not, and that you’ll actually get a greater experience on Xbox 360.”
No doubt they have been on the mark for Grand Theft Auto IV compared to the past GTA's. But will that be enough to overthrow Sony's very eventful history with Rockstar and the GTA Series? We'll see come the 29th of April.
UK magazine GamesMaster was able to have a spin of GTA IV and feed it's readers a 8 page review, some things to outline:
- You can see characters breath when it’s cold
- Some missions, you will encouraged to ‘kneecap’ people
- Shoot a tyre and you will hear the air escape
- Moths fly around the street lamps
- You can see cockroaches scurrying across the floor in some of the dodgier places
- You can see car exhaust fumes
- You may be able to befriend a doctor/medic as a way to earn health
- You can shoot chains holding logs together on flatbed trucks to spill them
- You can hear other car’s stereos
The games details is amazing, can't wait to see this first hand! Included below are the 8 pages, enjoy. ( each scan ~1 mb in size)
Thanks Tom.
Rockstar has just launched the official Grand Theft Auto: IV website.
Images:
Liberty City:
Videos:
The new site features some new videos. We have uploaded them to our YouTube account for you to enjoy.
Whiz Mobile Ad
Vlad Glebov
Steinway Beer Garden
Roman Bellic
Manny Escuela
Quotes:
The site features some random quotes. We have gathered them below.
"Overpriced real estate in a cultural wasteland"
"Marketing the city, one strapline at a time"
"Gateway to America! Now, can we just scan your retina and have a DNA sample?"
"Where the American Dream goes to die"
"Where the people are angry and lonely, and the taxes sky high"
"Come and visit! You'll be desperate to leave"
"It's not as shitty as the rest of the country"
"At least we're not as racist as the midwest"
Site: Grand Theft Auto IV
G4TV has announced that X-Play will have hands-on impressions of Grand Theft Auto IV in tonight's episode. The episode will air tonight at 8:00 PM EST.
Show: X-Play